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Euro banknotes fanned out — BPF tracks €3.5 billion of empresa financing through end-May 2026, a €700 million-a-month run toward the €8 billion target.

Banco Português de Fomento Tracks €3.5 Billion of Empresa Financing Through End-May — €700 Million Monthly Run Points at the €8 Billion 2026 Target and the 20,000-Firm Mark on a Triénio Tape Aimed Above €30 Billion

Banco Português de Fomento mobilised €3.5 billion in empresa financing through end-May 2026 — a €700 million monthly run toward the €8 billion 2026 target and 20,000 firms supported. Guarantees carry the frame at €2.5B national plus €250M international.
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Efacec Hauls In a Multi-Year Several-Hundred-Million-Euro French Network Framework on Thursday 28 May — Power Transformers and Fluorinated-Gas-Free Medium-Voltage Equipment Bound for Mainland France and the DOM-TOM Out of Leça do Balio

Efacec Hauls In a Multi-Year Several-Hundred-Million-Euro French Network Framework on Thursday 28 May — Power Transformers and Fluorinated-Gas-Free Medium-Voltage Equipment Bound for Mainland France and the DOM-TOM Out of Leça do Balio

Efacec announced on Thursday 28 May a multi-year framework with the French electricity network worth several hundred million euros — power transformers and fluorinated-gas-free medium-voltage switchgear shipped from Leça do Balio to mainland France and the DOM-TOM under Mutares ownership.
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CGTP Sounds the Wednesday 3 June Greve Geral One Week Out — CP Trains, TAP Cabin Crew, Autoeuropa Workers and Frente Comum Sign On as Rosário Palma Ramalho's 12-Proposition Labour Reform Sidelines the Confederation

CGTP Sounds the Wednesday 3 June Greve Geral One Week Out — CP Trains, TAP Cabin Crew, Autoeuropa Workers and Frente Comum Sign On as Rosário Palma Ramalho's 12-Proposition Labour Reform Sidelines the Confederation

Seven days out from the Wednesday 3 June greve geral, the CGTP's adhesion list has lengthened to CP rail, TAP cabin crew, Autoeuropa workers, AIMA mediators and Frente Comum — the most broadly subscribed labour stoppage Portugal has lined up in more than a decade.
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Park in Lisbon — the 96th Feira do Livro returns to Parque Eduardo VII for 19 days.

96th Feira do Livro de Lisboa Pitches at Parque Eduardo VII for the 27 May to 14 June 2026 Run — 350 Pavilhões, 900 Editorial Chancelas and 2,200 Events Frame the 19-Day Cycle With Five New APEL Entrants

The 96th Feira do Livro de Lisboa opens at Parque Eduardo VII on 27 May for a 19-day run to 14 June 2026 — 350 pavilhões, 900 chancelas, more than 2,200 events, five new APEL entrants and immersive add-ons including cinema ao ar livre and silent-reading sessions.
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